Liberals farewell a ‘fine’ PM

The lament that led former prime minister Malcolm Fraser to resign from the party he once led – that it was now a conservative, rather than a liberal party – seemed to be proven yesterday by the reluctance of some ‘small l’ liberals to talk about his departure.

BY Laura Tingle

Laura Tingle, The Australian Financial Review's
political editor, has worked in the parliamentary press gallery in
Canberra for more than 25 years. Laura has won two Walkley awards and
the Paul Lyneham Award for Excellence in Press Gallery Journalism and
has also been highly commended by the Walkley judges for
investigative reporting.